file upload and Opera

[kimby]

Hi,

I've got a problem with a php script. The script contains a form with enctype="multipart/form-data" that lets the user upload an image file. It checks to make sure that the file is of image type, then copies the file to our server and makes an entry in the database.

I've tested this on different browsers for Windows 98 (the server is RedHat 6.1). The script works great in Netscape 4.73. I ran into problems with the file type in IE 5.0 and had to broaden the number of allowed file types. But with Opera, I don't get anything at all. I have the script print out the filename and type, and I don't see either of these when I look at the page in Opera.

Has anyone seen anything like this, and what do I need to do?

Thanks in advance,
kimby

[Anon]

Hi!

I'me having the exact same problem. I tested with both Windows and Linux latest versions of Opera (5.11 and 5.0final, respectively) with no success. For Netscape 4.75 and IE5 it works fine. I'm using a servlet for file upload into database.

[Anon]

hi,

hi have the same problem. but there is another thing going wrong. i use enctype='mulit-part/form-data' in my form. the filename is passed correctly to the server, but input-fields with type 'hidden' don't come to the server. whith netscape there is no problem. i suppose, i only can develope my software for netscape and ie, not for opera :-(

linuxanton

Luis Gois wrote:

Hi!

I'me having the exact same problem. I tested with both Windows and Linux latest versions of Opera (5.11 and 5.0final, respectively) with no success. For Netscape 4.75 and IE5 it works fine. I'm using a servlet for file upload into database.

[Anon]

I don't wan't to go off-topic but, with the Linux version of Netscape I can't get an intact filepath for the file uploaded. Either using getFileName or getFilePath I end up with just the filename ... I hate this!!! It made me re-think my approach I initialy had thought for my app.

Anyway, we can always use PHP or NSP for file upload to be compatible with Opera (unless you go and modify your java multipart decoding source so it can understand the buggy Opera's boundary stuff with multipart.

[Anon]

heureka, i have solve my problem.

1. your form tag: <form action='upload.php' method='post'>; don't insert enctype='multi-part/form-data'

2. your input tag: <input type='file' name='myfile' enctype='multi-part/form-data'>; if you want to submit other data then the file, e.g. a hidden field ...

3. your action-file: $userfile= trim($userfile); ereg_replace( "\"", "", $userfile);

that's it.

ciao
anton

Luis Gois wrote:

I don't wan't to go off-topic but, with the Linux version of Netscape I can't get an intact filepath for the file uploaded. Either using getFileName or getFilePath I end up with just the filename ... I hate this!!! It made me re-think my approach I initialy had thought for my app.

Anyway, we can always use PHP or NSP for file upload to be compatible with Opera (unless you go and modify your java multipart decoding source so it can understand the buggy Opera's boundary stuff with multipart.

[Anon]

I so wanna hump your leg.. thanks for solving the same problam I was having as well 🙂